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| Posted on Friday, June 10, 2005 - 10:31 am: | |
A reporter for the NY Times asks RPCVs about "Upside down stamps" A reporter for the NY Times asks RPCVs about "Upside down stamps" Upside down stamps? I am a reporter with the New York Times and I am working on a story about the way that people have placed stamps on envelopes through history and how there is an age-old code of things you can convey by placing the stamp in a certain fashion. The most common remaining remnant of this code is to place the stamp upside down which typically is a sign of affection. I was hoping to post a query to your listserve to see if anyone serving in the peace corps who has written or received letters has ever used or seen the upside down stamp tactic. If someone positioned their stamp some other way to convey some other significance, I would be equally interested. Please, if you would, ask anyone with knowledge/experience with this topic to send a note to the following email address: urbina AT nytimes DOT com
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